Dune: Kampf um den Wüstenplaneten is the German localization of Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis, a foundational real-time strategy game developed by Westwood Studios and brought to the Sega Genesis in 1994. Set on the harsh desert world of Arrakis, you command one of three noble houses—Atreides, Harkonnen, or Ordos—in a brutal war for control of the invaluable spice melange. It pioneered core RTS mechanics, challenging you to construct a functioning base, manage resource gathering, and build an army of specialized vehicles to defeat your opponents.
How to Play
Your objective in each mission is to harvest enough spice to fund your military, defend your base, and destroy the enemy presence on the map. As a console port, you play using the Arrow keys to move your cursor across the battlefield, Z, X, and C to select units, interact with menus, and issue orders, and Enter to start. Note that you must command units individually or in very small groups, as mass-selection drag boxes from later PC games are not present.
Tips
- Always place your structures on concrete slabs built over solid rock; placing buildings directly on the sand causes them to take damage over time and eventually collapse.
- Watch out for the massive sandworms that roam the deep desert; keep your expensive spice harvesters defended and avoid leaving infantry on the open sand.
- Building a radar outpost early gives you access to the minimap, which is essential for tracking enemy attacks and locating new spice fields.
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